Izzy’s Artist Pick: United Nations

United Nations comes out with their debut album kicking and swinging in the punk-rock world. Their album is a high magnitude of force combined with teeth gritting sound and punches the ears into the center of your skull. The 1-2-3-4 mentality is more then just a start off to fast-paced rock tracks but is the drug that will pump your senses full of adrenaline. This self-titled album is finger-twitching good and addictive to the point of overdose.

The super group United Nations features singer/song-writers Daryl Palumbo from Glassjaw andHead Automatica, and Geoff Rickly from Thursday. Due to legal issues the identity of the other members is under speculation because Rickly’s primary band is not under a contract at this time, but the album is released through Eyball Records. Members could possibly include drummer Ben Koller from Converge, Christopher Conger former drummer of The Number Twelve Looks Like You, bassist Eric Cooper of Made Out of Babies, and John Bayer ofLovekill. This mystery only adds to the overall bands possibilities as a super group, and furthermore maintains its enigmatic persona.

“The Spinning of The Yo-Yo Lobby” begins the album with a fierce attack, pounding your heart into submission and not letting up with the transition into the second track “Resolution 9″. The album progresses fast with a relentless thrash of sounds showing of the music styling and lyrical writings of Daryl Palumbo and Geoff Rickly.

Each musical instrument is illustrated through the perspectives of guitar, bass, and drums in complex musical performances. The fast-paced tempo demonstrates the difficulty it takes for any musician to master this style of “thrash” as perfectly as United Nations does.

The album comes to a close with its longest track “Say Goodbye To General Figment Of The USS Imagination” this is not including their 13:00 minutes of silence, cleverly entitled “Cha-Ching!” implying the bands potential profit. “Say Goodbye To General Figment Of The USS Imagination” is the reason why I loved this purchase. It includes an amazing drumming performance, hyper-speed shredding on guitar, and a saxophone solo to end the track.

United Nations was a long anticipated album release and turned me on to its rock punching tracks. Although I enjoyed the album for every penny it was worth, I do not recommend you purchase the album before you sample the tunes on their official website. Their audience is selective and will turn away some listeners if they are not a fan of the hardcore, thrash, and punk genre.